The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
Updated: 39 min 11 sec ago
First minister backs RBS break-up
The first minister backs a break-up of RBS to split its risky investment bank from its mainstream business.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension
The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Snow death woman's calls unanswered
A 25-year-old woman died from hypothermia in the snow following a night out drinking after phone calls to friends and family were unanswered, an inquest hears.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Congo attacks over arrests in India
Shops belonging to Asians are targeted in a violent protest in DR Congo's capital over the arrest of Congolese students in India over the weekend.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Lloyds to return to private hands
George Osborne uses his annual Mansion House speech to announce the government is preparing to sell its stake in Lloyds Bank back to private investors.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Groggs creator John Hughes, 79, dies
The creator of Groggs, the hand-carved caricature statues of sporting heroes and other celebrities, dies at the age of 79.
Categories: International News, National / International News
PSNI challenged on temporary staff
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is facing a legal challenge over plans to hire 900 temporary staff in a contract which could be worth up to £180m.
Categories: International News, National / International News
VIDEO: Drunk woman, 25, 'froze to death'
A 25-year-old woman whose body was found outside her sister's home died from hypothermia and alcohol intoxication, an inquest has concluded.
Categories: International News, National / International News
One in nine US bridges 'deficient'
One in nine bridges in the US - more than 66,000 in total - are structurally deficient, a number likely to grow amid US budget woes, a report finds.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Care workers 'were caught asleep'
Two workers at a care home in Buckinghamshire asked for forgiveness after being caught sleeping during their night shift, a court hears.
Categories: International News, National / International News
VIDEO: Obama visits Brandenburg Gate
US President Barack Obama has addressed thousands of Germans in Berlin, almost 50 years to the day since President John Kennedy delivered his famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Snack firm moves from north to south
A snack bar manufacturer is to move its main production plant from north to south Wales, with about 120 Gwynedd staff offered a transfer to Newport.
Categories: International News, National / International News
NHS 'cover-up' unacceptable - Hunt
There should be "no hiding place" for anyone involved in a cover-up by England's NHS regulator after baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, the health secretary says.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Early Mars atmosphere 'oxygen-rich'
Mars' atmosphere could have been rich in oxygen four billion years ago - well before Earth's air became augmented with the gas.
Categories: International News, National / International News
'Naked rambler' jailed for 11 months
A man known as "the naked rambler" is convicted of flouting an anti-social behaviour order banning him from being naked in public minutes after it was imposed.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Protests flare over Egypt governor
Egypt's tourism minister quits and protests erupt as a man with links to Islamists behind the deadly 1997 attack in Luxor is named as city governor.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Royal baby's gender to be 'surprise'
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do not know the gender of their baby, it is revealed - as it is confirmed the birth will take place at St Mary's hospital in London.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Xcom iOS app priced at premium
A US publisher is pricing a sci-fi video game for iPhones and iPads at more than double the cost high-end titles are usually sold for on those devices.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Fifth of charity shops 'could close'
Nearly a fifth of Wales' charity shops could close if the Welsh government implements proposed changes to business rate relief, a charities group says.
Categories: International News, National / International News
Robson, Watson and Baltacha all out
Britain's Laura Robson, Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha all lose in the second round of the Aegon International.
Categories: International News, National / International News
